Projects
With so much to achieve in what can often be a short period of time, project management is crucial for keeping taskforces on track to achieve their objectives. It enables teams to plan and manage the work of a taskforce, allocate sufficient time and resources to meet deliverables and milestones, identify and mitigate risks, and provide assurance to decision makers.
Stakeholder engagement, meaningful workplans, project management documents, resource management are just some of the integral topics involved with a successful project.
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You can find some helpful information and resources below.
Handy templates:
Project Budget Template(XLSX, 779KB)
Meeting Agenda template(DOCX, 47KB)
Meeting Minutes template(DOCX, 21KB)
Risk Assessment template(DOCX, 40KB)
External links
Successful stakeholder engagement involves adapting your approach for each stakeholder. Consider who the stakeholder is, how often and why you should engage them, and what the desired outcome from engagement is.
Getting stakeholder engagement right | Australian Public Service Commission (apsc.gov.au)
Develop a workplan to meet your deliverables.
Develop a workplan | Australian Public Service Commission (apsc.gov.au)
Project management is essential to the success of a taskforce. It ensures that key milestones and deliverables are mapped out, with timeframes to achieve each task allocated and monitored.
Effective project management | Australian Public Service Commission (apsc.gov.au)
Australian Institute of Project Management resources page.
Project Management Resource Hub | AIPM
As a project manager, the ultimate goal is to deliver projects to a high quality, within the designated timeframe and budget. Sounds pretty simple right? However, as we all know projects don’t always go to plan and hiccups can occur along the way. In this guide AIPM provides five key insights that are essential to consider when you’re planning your next project and that will help improve your project delivery.
How to improve your project delivery | AIPM
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